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l A. P. WAINEWRIGHT.

FASTBNING DEVICE.

No. 579,690. Patented Ma,1.`3 0, 1897.

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FASTENING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,690, dated. March 30, 189'?.

Application tiled August 20, 1895. Serial No. 559,903. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD F. WAINE- WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to fastening devices for articles of wear, and particularly to hookand-eye fastenings. Its object is to provide a hook-and-eye fastening which shall be extremely simple and economical in construction and at the same time be strong and durable and positive and efficient in operation.

A further object is to dispense with the necessity of sewing the hooks and eyes upon the garments upon which they are to be used by providing a neat substitute therefor, thereby removing a serious objection to such devices of this character as are now in use.

The invention will be more particularly de'- scribed with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures l and 2 are plan views of my invention, showing the same with the projecting points extended. Figs. 3 and 4t are elevations of the same, showing the points bent downward into their normal position; and Fig. 5 is a view of the device shown in Figs.

3 and 4, showing` the points bent to attach the device to a piece of cloth.

Referring to the drawings by letter, a represents a blank from which the hook is formed, and b a blank from which the eye is formed. Each of these consists of a flat piece of metal or othersuitable material having formed upon I have with five points and the eye-blank with three points, as shown in the drawings, but this is a minor detail, and any suitable number of points may be provided. In the center of the blank, at a point approximately where points c c will fall when bent over, a hole h a is cut. The outline therefor is immaterial, but preferably is that shown in the drawings-viz., substantially that of a Maltese cross. The tongue of the hook is represented by a2, and

5o the hole of the eye is represented by b2, the

former being preferably bent, as shown in Figs. 4t and 5 of the drawings, to form a hump on the under side thereof. The hump will act as a spring-catch to prevent the hook and eye becoming disengaged.

In applying the device the points c c c are bent at right angles to the plane of the blank and the tongue of the hook curled up in the opposite direction. The hook and eye are then placed in position upon the garment and the points c c pressed through the cloth and then bent upon each other, as illustrated in Fig. 5, which firmly xes the hook and eye in position upon the garment.

An objection which now exists to fastening devices of this character is that the points are apt to scratch the person or tear the clothes of the wearer. This, however, does not arise in my invention for the reason that the cloth is pushed up into the holes a. and b and room made for the sharp points c c to be inserted in. It will thus be seen that the use of thread is unnecessary to fasten the hook and eye in place. I

It is obvious that the shape of the blanks and the number of points formed upon each blank are unimportant details and that they may be varied or altered at pleasure without departing from the spirit of my invention. Furthermore, the invention is not confined to use upon hook-and-eye fastening devices. It may be used for fastening buttons, dac., upon garments or for any other suitable purpose, the term hook and eye being used in a general sense herein to designate all such devices.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In fastening devices, the combination of the hook consisting of two parts a body and a hook portion, the said body having two or more projections made integral therewith and turned at right angles thereto, having a hole or perforation in the center thereof, the hook portion having two points or projections turned upward and at right angles with the hook portion and body whereby the said projections force the material of the garment into the said hole or perforation, the eye of the fastening device consisting of a body with a central opening therein and two or more points or projections made integral therewith IOO mld turned at right angles thereto whereby York, and State of New York, this 17th day the said projections force the material of the of August, A. D. 1895. garment into the Central opening and having T T T T Y y :rn eye proper in which the said hook proper ARL OLD F' vx AIA E HIGH F' is adapted to enter, substantially as herein Titnessesz shown and described. RENO R. BILLINGTON,

Signed at New York, in the county of New JOHN IIANNON. 

